Hi, This query is a bit work and Windows related, but AFAIK crosses over into Unix/Linux.
At work we help to maintain the IEEE 1641 Standard (http://www.eads- tes.com/Standards/IEEE1641/IEEE1641.htm) and I am currently writing a Validation Spec for compliant solutions. Part of the Standard includes a requirement for support for Interface Description Language (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interface_description_language) from the Distributed Computing Environment Specification which is maintained by The Open Group. We have always used MS Visual Studio to utilise IDL in our tools, but now I need to identify alternative and cross-platform tools to compile an IDL file and also to compile a program that uses an IDL file to define its API with system drivers. Can anyone tell me: 1. Is IDL generally used outside of MS and / or Windows? 2. If so, are there alternative tools to manipulate it? 3. Are any of those tools available on Unix/Linux platforms? All help gratefully received. -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2011-11-01 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
